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Hands-on with Motorola’s new Moto G: A delicate balance of price and performance

Sep05
by on September 5, 2014 at 6:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Reviews

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Motorola today lifted the lid on revamped versions of its Moto G smartphone, which it says is its best-selling smartphone of all time, but do the incremental additions really make much of a difference to the handset or is it just more of the same? We spent a little hands-on time with the device to find out. Design OK, first things first, if you’ve ever seen the original Moto G then the new Moto G looks just like that, except that it’s a little taller and wider to accommodate the larger 5-inch 720p display. Aside of the screen, it really…

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Moto Hint is a Bluetooth earbud that you can use to control your smartphone

Sep05
by on September 5, 2014 at 6:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Launches

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Alongside the announcements of a few new gadgets this season, Motorola introduced the Moto Hint, a Bluetooth earbud that will allow you to speak voice commands to your phone and third-party apps and receive Google Now responses. The earbud, which fits snugly and inconspicuously in your ear, features buttonless design and is optimized for the new Moto X (although it will pair with any Android devices running version 4.3 and up). To activate the earbud, simply say the prompt, “Listen up Moto Hint” or tap the touch capacitive ear piece, then speak your query. You can ask the Moto Hint to send a text…

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Motorola brings its Moto Maker custom smartphone designs to the UK

Sep05
by on September 5, 2014 at 6:00 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Product Updates, UK

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Motorola has announced that buyers of its new Moto X device in the UK will be able to customize their handsets in the same way US customers have been able since the service first launched there a little more than a year ago. A 16GB unit with a plain-colored shell costs from £420 and from £440 for wood or leather finishes, whereas a 32GB model starts from £460 and £480 respectively. While it allows you to combine a whole variety of different finish options to get exactly the color combinations you want, there’s also a new real leather option alongside the wooden…

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